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'i'nis radio.controlled scale working model of the Polaris sub-
marine U.S.S. George Washington was built by CHSS students
(from left) Jim Cooper, John Estabrooks, and Terry Sewell.
It will be one of several CHSS exhibits March 22 at the Mid.
western Ontario Science Fair, Wingham. Powered by a mod.
ified Volkswagen windshield wiper motor, the model is four
feet long and has a displacement of 20 pounds. At the conning
tower, it is nine inches high. A scale model able to duplicate
many of the Polaris manoeuvers, it is the result of several
months building and experiment.. (CHSS Photo)
A one-act play, Footis Errand, presented. by
Clinton Junior Farmers and. Junior Institute,
ion top prite et the 14th annual iluron County
Junior terriers drama festival at 8eatertb,
Shown are (front, from. left): Ken Sproule,
.10dgers, Dori McNeil; and Jamieson Rihon
(back row) Berbera Delia Allan, and
Carol. menwain,
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CHSS enrolment drops
forces staff change
Enrolment at Central 'Herten
Secondary School hap dropped
far below expeetatione,
L. R. Maloney, CHSS bug.
inesa administrator, said eneole
ment in 1963, When a $4800,000
vocational addition was built,
rose to 1,252 and the projected
five-yeer 'student enrolment
Was 1,3,50,
But, enrolment this year is
1,008, and the number of voc-
ational:students from the Sea.,
forth, Exeter and ,Goderich
schools transported daily by
bus to Clinton will drop from
297 to about 206 in September. As a result of the drop in
enrelmerit, some cutbecks‘ in
administrative personnel may
be necessary.
It has already been decided
by the sehoel board that one
vice-principal- instead of two
is sufficient for CHSS adminise
trative needs.
John Penner, now a, vice-pr in.
cipal has been offered a teach.
ing position.
Mr. Maloney said: "The
board emphasizes that the dec.
ision to retain only one vice.
principal in no way reflects
upon Mr. Penner's ability, He
is a teacher of very high cal.
ibre, as reported by the school
inspectors, and We are glad to
keep him on our staff as a
•senior teacher."
School board chairman Wale
ter Newcombe said closing of
the former RCAF air station,
at Centralia in 1966, had a
direct bearing on the school's
declining enrolment.
But the major reason seems
to be recent construction of
Vocational facilities or addle-
tional classrooms at three other
Huron County schools.
An $800,000 addition to Sea.
fdrth District High School was
opened by Education Minister
Davis, adding 11 classrooms,
two laboratories, a library and
home economics room.
A $2,000,000 technical, addie
tion to South Huron District
High School at Exeter is almost
complete.
Vocational facilities were of.
fered in Goderich for the first
time last September when a
$1,400,000 wing was built at
Goderich Dietrict Collegiate
Institute,
All three schools signed 10.
year contracts with Central
Huron in 1962 agreeing to send
at leapt 25 peeceat of their
students to Clinton. The pro.
vision was reduced to 15 per
cent a few 3fPaXS ago, and only
recently, to five percent.
In 1965, to relieve overcrowd.
ing conditions the board laud,
ched Wane to build a $574,000
addition. Named the Centennial
Wing, it was opened last year,
adding five classrooms, a
merchandising room and three
shops to the school.
Ellwood Epps aims pistol down range behind his store. Beside him
column
f irst ELLWOOD The
MacNAUGHTON TRIMS $240,000,000
FROM ONTARIO GOVERNMENT SPENDING
BY G.C.
There was plenty of move.
meet between. Clinton and God.•
erich this week, with all that
hockey and basketball being
played up there in the county
seat. Robert Shrier, publisher
of the Goderich Signal-Star and
the Clinton News-Record,
drove between the two towns
at least twice a day, and
reports he picked up a full
load of youngsters every time.
Message froth the Goderich
OPP:The law requires that
motor,motorists drive with their head.
lights on even'in the daytime
when weather conditions are
bad , and visibility is poor.
Please' give the other motorist
a chance and. stay within the
Pegasus. Players
rehearse , lively
"Exit the• Body"
As opening night rapidly al)•
proaches, both the production
crew and the actors involved in
the PegaSus Players' produce
tion of "Exit the Body" are
hard at work bringing the sets
into shape and the characters
to life,
Director Sue Carmichael
states that she is pleased with
progress and that the actors
are two weeks ahead of schedule
in rehearsals. As well, re.
hearsals have been hilarious
and she expects the audience
will react as happily as she
has.
Opening night is Saturday,
March 30 at 8 p.m. at the Base
Theatre and the play will be
performed at the same time
on Sunday. A dress rehearsal
at which children are welcome
will be held at 2 p.m. Satur.
day. .
OFU's Murjahy
warns farmers
"We are produting ourselves
right out of farming," stated
Joe Murphy, director of Disk
trict 10, Ontario Farmers'
Union when he spoke at the
March meeting of Holmesville
Loca1,219.
Mr. Murphy also said that
"farniers have got to decide '
exactly what they want in price
and produce for the markets in
Canada, because. as long as we
produce surplus on the assume*.
tion that we are going to feed
the hungry of the world, we can
end tip being the hungry ones."
"Over the years farmers
have been told abOtit the powees
of Marketing Boards and have
put too much faith in there, The
Marketing Boards receive such
powers as the Farm Products
Marketing Board deems riecese
sat/ and may at any time re.
'deem such poWers; also, Mare
keting boards are limited by
Provincial boundaries. It is for
such reasons that we need a
national organization to negot.
late with farmers internee
aerially."
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Ellwood Epps of Clinton has
won a Gold Expert Shield, one
of the top awards in handgun
shooting.
Dominion Marksmen officials
announced the 58.year.old
sporting goods merchant had
scored 5,803 points out of 6,000
, to qualify,
For the Gold Expert Shield
(Handgun) the shooter must fire
20 sets of three targets, each
set consisting of one slow, one
timed and one rapid fire target,
and each set scoring at least
280 out of 300,
Before winning the gold
shield,. Mr'. Epps had to work
his way through a series of
Dominion Marksmen awards be*
ginning with the bronze pin,
which required 10 targets scor.
ing 60 or better out of 100 in
slow fire. ,
' A shooter for 40 years, Mr.
..Eppeaw,onathe Canadian pistol
championship in 1944, and has
been a member of Canada's
international team three times.
When shooting for the gold
shield, Mr. Epps used two guns:
a Colt Target and anis-II-Stand.
and Trophy. Both fire .22
calibre rimfire cartridges.
In his lifetime of shooting,
Mr. Epps has made only, one
perfect score of 100 at the
standard 20-yard distance. He
keeps the target.
"Pistol shooting is the most
difficult form of shooting," Mr.
Epps says. "But .a good pistol
is as accurate as a rifle, prop.
erly handled."
Mr. Epps is a member of
the Clinton Revolver Club, a
group of about 20 shooters who
compete with enthusiasts from
other communities. Their home
base is a fully equipped range
In less than three - mOnths,
high school graduates will again
be stepping out of secondary
schools in search Of a career.
In an effort to assist both
employers, and graduates,
special arrangements are being
made by the Canada Manpower
Centre at Goderich to register
the graduating students who will
Remand pair
April 1 has been set as the
date of a preliminary hearing
for two men charged in con.
nection with 'the January 3
armed robbery of the Bank of
Montreal in Brucefield.
Robert Stewart Smith, 20, of
RR 4, Brussels and William
James Yuill, 23, of Kitchener
drew their fifth remand when
they appeared in Huron County
magistrate's court Monday.
break the law will break laws
connected with firearms, too,"
he maintains. "Only law.abida
ing people will be disarmed by
the new laws. It will be like
putting up a sign in front of your
house saying you are unarmed,
an invitation to robbery."
Handgun shooting is an him.
pensive sport, MreEpps notes,
because after the initial invest.
ment - in the gun itself -
outlay nil' ammunition is small.
But the gun must be a quality,
precision product. Poor guns
shoot poor scores.
be entering the labor market
in June.
To ensure that the right per.
son is placed on the right job,
a personal history of each
student will be recorded by
Manpower counsellors at the
time of registration.
At the request of employers,
the Canada Manpower Centre
at Goderich is prepared to refer
for interviews male and female
graduates selected and pre.
screened.
It is important that employers
in this district list their future
vacancies now with. the CMC
office, in order to avail them.
selves of the best candidates.
It is the aim of the Canada
Manpower Centre to make the
best possible use of qualified
young adults in Huron County,
and to provide assistance to
employers in filling their em.
ployment needs.
Behind the Ontario budget
headlines last week was a three.
month investigation of govern.
ment operations with a view to
cutting costs.
As a result, government
operating costs were reduced
annually by more than twice the
amount produced by the new
taxes.
Treasurer Charles Mac.
'Naughton, in an exclusive stater
ment to weekly newspapers,
said the reductions made pos.
sible a significant shift in the
burden of taxation on Ontario
people, despite another drama
tic rise in education costa.
"Our Treasury Board spent
more than three.months tame
ming and re-trimming depart.
mental estimates in an all•
out effort to hold the line on
ordinary expenditures," said
the treasurer.
"As a result, we were able
to cut $240,000,000 - almost
a quarter, of a billion dollare
.from the original requests. This
represents more than 10 per
cent of our total net general
expenditures for the current
fiscal year."
The 'increases in gasoline and
tobacco taxes, along with other
changes announced in the new
budget, are expected to raise a
total of $105,000,000 during the
coming 12 months.
Offsetting that figure is an
increase of $191,000,000 in
financiel aid to municipalities
and their ratepayers, primarily
through the basic shelter tax
exemption program for hena.
Owners and tenants. This eon.
ttibution toward municipal ewe
penditures Will be 80 per cent
more than the public will pay
fineelisi.glier provincial taxes and
In addition, the Midget pro.
Vides for $201,000,000 more for
education, $29,000,000 more for
health services and an increase
of 36 per dent in housing in.
vestment, all priority areas.
Partt of these increases Will
be financed by additiorial bor.
rowing of fdrids, which will shift
the tax berderi in another diree.
then. The younger generation,
Which will benefit trelin the
spending Orr education, will help
to pay back These, costs in
ittture years.
The edditioeal beriteviag,
heereereta hat beeh kept within
reasonable lifrate, "been With
the increase," the treasurer
noted, "we will still be able
to retire our total provincial
debt with less than eight months'
revenue."
Mr. MacNaughton pointed out
that most of` the tax and fee
increases were related to the
costs of corresponding
services.
"The rise in gasoline tax and
motor vehicle registration fees
reflects the increases in, costs
for constructing and maintain.
ing our highways, as well as
other growing expenditures nee
lated to motor vehicles."
"Similarly, the new fishing
licences and adjusted fees for
hunting and park use will help
offset the costs of conservation
and park development."
Federal Minister of Agri.
culture J. J. Greene will be..
in Goderich this weekend as
his camea.ign for the national
leadership of the Liberal Party
swings into Western Ontax10.
Mee Greene will meet with
Huron County delegates to the
April leadership convention at
the Hotel Bedford at 10 a.m.
Saturday.
Goderich lawyer D. J. Mur-
phy, one Of the organizers of
the agriculture minister's Wes-
tern Ontario tour, said the
public was invited to attend
the meeting.
Saturday will be a hectic
day for the cabinet Minister,
with delegate meetings eche.
doled in Owen Sdund, London
and Chathain after his Goderich
appearance, and a press con.
ference hi London SaterdaY
afterneon.
The Arnprior lawyer, an line
successful candidate for the
Ontario Liberal leadership last
year was first elected to Par-
liament in 1963 and inherited
the Agriculture portfolio in
1965.
Although he is not consid.
ered by Most political pundits
to be a. frent-runner In the
present race, lid is waging
determined Cress-country dere.
"Even with the higher
premiums for .health and hos.
pital insurance, the government
will subsidize both of these
programs to the tune of
$115,000,000,..during the coming
year."
The treasurer's budget states.
ment emphasized the province's
need for a greater share of the
progressive revenue sources -
the income taxes of the federal
government. "Further relief to
the property taxpayer, which we
believe to be essential, will
only come with greater access
to the progressive tax fields,"
the statement said. "This in
turn will only be achieved as
a result of total tax-sharing re.
form among the three levels of
government."
paign for this party's top spot
and the Prime Ministership of
Canada.
M. Greene is married and
has two sons and three dangle.
ters.
Auxiliary
holds meeting
The Huronview Auxiliary met
Monday afternocna March 18 in
the Crate morn with 14 ladies
present.
M. Clairrnemt opened the
meeting and Weleomed all pre.
sent.
Owing to the bad weather and
sickness, no meetings have been
held since November so disk
cussione followed to catch up
On events to date,
During that period death
claimed a Past president, Mrs.
Louis Forest which cest a gloom
over the Meeting,
It was decided to purchase
plaque in her memory suitably
'Worded to be hung in the Craft
room.
Mrs. Ii. Johnson and Mrs. P.
Bennett Were appointed to took
after this,
Inane are uridet vay tor the
Minuet tea to be hold early in
May, Debits will be giveblat044
Major Conrad Perrier
The Canadian Armed Ftlrces re.
gret to announce the death of
Major Conrad Perrier on
Friday, March 15, when the
vehicle he was driving crashed
into a bridge near Clinton.
A native of Renfrew, Ont.
Major Perrier joined theRCAF
in 1940 and was trained as an
administrative clerk. In 1943
he remustered to aircrew and
remained with this branch of the
RCAF for the duration of the
war, He received his comities.
ion in the personnel admin.•
istration branch in 1952.
During the Suez emergency
in 1956 he was appointed base
adjutant of the United Nations
staging baSe in Naples, Italy.
Returning to Canada in 1957
he did tours of duty at Ottawa
and Downsview, before being
posted as the base Administrate
ion officer at CFB Clinton.
Major Perrier is survivedby
his wife and two sons aged 23
and 18.
Two charged
in murder
get remand
Two men charged with non.
capital murder in the slaying
of a e5-year-old Credlton
woman were remanded for one
week when they appeared in
Herrin County magistrate's
-Wirt IVIOnday.
Kenneth Gloor, 18, bf Cen.
Italia and Joseph Pelaela 33,
of 13.12 1, EXeter, were arrested
shortly after police found the
body of twedolyie Pfaft in a
tattle watering trough last
Week,
behind Mr. Epps store on King
Street.
"Too many people connect
pistols with gangsterism," mr.
Epps says. "But a gun itself
never hurt anybody- just some
darn fool behind it. There are
hundreds of members of gun
clubs in Canada, all properly
trained, and they never hurt
anyone, never get in trouble."
Mr. Epps says thatnewlegise
lation controlling use and pos.•
session of handguns, now be.
fore Parliament, is angerous.
"Persons who habitually
Ask employers list vacancies
for Canada Manpower Centre
Agriculture Minister Greene
to meet Liberals at Goderich
on the apertere shutter is the Gold Shield award,